theorise

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verb

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
• Syn: speculate, theorize, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise,
hypothecate, suppose
• Derivationally related forms:
supposition (for: suppose), supposal (for: suppose), hypothesis (for: hypothecate), hypothesis (for: hypothesize), conjecture (for: conjecture), theoriser, theorisation, theory, theorizer (for: theorize), theory (for: theorize), speculative (for: speculate), speculation (for: speculate), speculator (for: speculate)
• Hypernyms:
expect, anticipate
• Hyponyms:
reconstruct, construct, retrace, explicate, formulate, develop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They theorise that there was a traffic accident